Being resourceful

  • Largest product
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    Largest Product

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Which set of numbers that add to 100 have the largest product?

  • Reflecting Squarely
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    Reflecting Squarely

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    In how many ways can you fit all three pieces together to make shapes with line symmetry?

  • Shady Symmetry
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    Shady Symmetry

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    How many different symmetrical shapes can you make by shading triangles or squares?

  • Picturing Triangular Numbers
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    Picturing Triangular Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    What do you notice about the sum of two identical triangular numbers?

  • Picturing Square Numbers
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    Picturing Square Numbers

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Square numbers can be represented as the sum of consecutive odd numbers. What is the sum of 1 + 3 + ..... + 149 + 151 + 153?

  • Consecutive Seven
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    Consecutive Seven

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you arrange these numbers into 7 subsets, each of three numbers, so that when the numbers in each are added together, they make seven consecutive numbers?

  • Isosceles Triangles
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    Isosceles Triangles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Draw some isosceles triangles with an area of $9cm^2$ and a vertex at (20,20). If all the vertices must have whole number coordinates, how many is it possible to draw?

  • Triangles in circles
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    Triangles in Circles

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Can you find triangles on a 9-point circle? Can you work out their angles?

  • Flippin' discs
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    Flippin' Discs

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Discs are flipped in the air. You win if all the faces show the same colour. What is the probability of winning?

  • Odds and Evens
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    Odds and Evens

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    Are these games fair? How can you tell?